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The first affordable, flexible electronic displays were recently revealed by HP and Flexible Display Center (FDC) at the Arizona State University (ASU). Plastic was predominately used to develop these paper-like computer displays, which makes the device portable and more energy efficient than most conventional computer displays. The creation of these high-resolution flexible displays is a milestone for both companies as it represents an opportunity to manufacture for the mass market. The flexible displays were also created in collaboration with DuPont Teijin Films and E Ink.

The process of manufacturing the display starts with FDC producing stacks of semiconductor materials and metals on flexible Teonex Polyethylene Naphthalate (PEN) substrates from DuPont Teijin Films. Using the patented Self-Aligned Imprint Lithography (SAIL) process, HP patterns the substrates and consequently incorporates E-Ink’s Vizplex imaging film to result in an actively addressed flexible display on plastic. The Vizplex is a bi-stable electrophoretic imaging film, which allows images to be continuously displayed even when no voltage is applied. This considerably decreases the power consumed by the display.

Source: http://thefutureofthings.com/news/6245/hps-unbreakable-flexible-display.html